What are some examples of copyright infringement?
Below are several examples where copyright infringement played a role. Jennifer Levin hires a painter, Ed, to decorate her preschool with characters from the movie, “Finding Nemo” because she knows how much the children love this movie. Ed completes the artwork in three weeks. This is an example of copyright violation because neither Jennifer nor Ed had permission from Pixar Studios to reproduce their artwork. Roger McStory hires Larry, a website designer, to create the site www.howtodateannanicolesmith.com. Roger asks Larry to include as many pictures of the actress as possible on the website. Larry locates dozens of pictures of Anna Nicole Smith and uses them on the site. This is another example of copyright infringement because neither Roger nor Larry had permission from the photographers to use the pictures on the website. A recent case of copyright violation was brought against Jibjab Media, Inc. [Jibjab] for their use of Woodie Guthrie’s, “This Land is Your Land” in its satirical
